CLS Group’s July Trading Volumes Hold Steady
- CLS' FX volumes were unable to build on last month's success, though largely retained recent gains in July.
CLS Group has reported its latest volumes and aggregation services statistics for the month ending July 2017. While volumes saw a slight retreat on a monthly basis across the board, the reading in July remains unseasonably high helped in part by an uptick in Volatility Volatility In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Traders In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Traders Read this Term and an erosion of the USD during the month to multi-year lows.
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The latest results were also commensurate with other institutional venues, many of which unable to see broader gains in July as big money has remained on the sidelines for the past few months. July 2017 did feature a number of market drivers, with the USD being one of the most active given its decline against most majors, influenced by a number of political scandals – a recurrent theme in 2017.
In terms of July 2017, CLS’s submitted average daily input volume, which combines its settlement and aggregation services, was reported at $1.6 trillion during the month. This corresponded to a decline of 2.4 percent month-over-month from a figure of $1.64 trillion set back in June 2017. Overall, this reading did manage to best its July 2016 counterpart, en route to a year-over-year increase of 11.9 percent from $1.43 trillion.
In addition, the latest batch of statistics included a Swaps Swaps Swaps can be defined as a derivate contact composed of two parties that exchange to cash flow between two separate financial instruments.They are generally divided into two categories. This includes contingent claims (options) and forward claims, where forward contracts, swaps, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are exchanged. Commodity price, equity price, interest rate, and foreign exchange rate are common variables used as one of the cash flows in swaps upon initiation. Different Types of Swaps Swaps can be defined as a derivate contact composed of two parties that exchange to cash flow between two separate financial instruments.They are generally divided into two categories. This includes contingent claims (options) and forward claims, where forward contracts, swaps, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are exchanged. Commodity price, equity price, interest rate, and foreign exchange rate are common variables used as one of the cash flows in swaps upon initiation. Different Types of Swaps Read this Term figure of $1.04 trillion in July 2017, falling on a monthly basis against $1.08 trillion in June 2017, or -3.7 percent month-over-month. Once again, the latest figures represented an improvement over 2016, growing by 13.7 percent year-over-year basis from $915.0 billion in July 2016.
Looking at spot FX volumes, the group reported $453.0 billion in July 2017, virtually unchanged month-over-month from $455.0 billion in June 2017. This tepid change was slightly inverted positively over a year-over-year interval, notching an advance of 1.6 percent from $446.0 billion in July 2016.
Finally, forwards came in at $101.0 billion in July 2017, reflective of a month-over-month drop of 6.5 percent from $108.0 billion in June 2017 – forwards also advanced by a much broader margin compared to July 2016, climbing 46.4 percent year-over-year from $69.0 billion.
CLS Group has reported its latest volumes and aggregation services statistics for the month ending July 2017. While volumes saw a slight retreat on a monthly basis across the board, the reading in July remains unseasonably high helped in part by an uptick in Volatility Volatility In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Traders In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Traders Read this Term and an erosion of the USD during the month to multi-year lows.
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The latest results were also commensurate with other institutional venues, many of which unable to see broader gains in July as big money has remained on the sidelines for the past few months. July 2017 did feature a number of market drivers, with the USD being one of the most active given its decline against most majors, influenced by a number of political scandals – a recurrent theme in 2017.
In terms of July 2017, CLS’s submitted average daily input volume, which combines its settlement and aggregation services, was reported at $1.6 trillion during the month. This corresponded to a decline of 2.4 percent month-over-month from a figure of $1.64 trillion set back in June 2017. Overall, this reading did manage to best its July 2016 counterpart, en route to a year-over-year increase of 11.9 percent from $1.43 trillion.
In addition, the latest batch of statistics included a Swaps Swaps Swaps can be defined as a derivate contact composed of two parties that exchange to cash flow between two separate financial instruments.They are generally divided into two categories. This includes contingent claims (options) and forward claims, where forward contracts, swaps, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are exchanged. Commodity price, equity price, interest rate, and foreign exchange rate are common variables used as one of the cash flows in swaps upon initiation. Different Types of Swaps Swaps can be defined as a derivate contact composed of two parties that exchange to cash flow between two separate financial instruments.They are generally divided into two categories. This includes contingent claims (options) and forward claims, where forward contracts, swaps, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are exchanged. Commodity price, equity price, interest rate, and foreign exchange rate are common variables used as one of the cash flows in swaps upon initiation. Different Types of Swaps Read this Term figure of $1.04 trillion in July 2017, falling on a monthly basis against $1.08 trillion in June 2017, or -3.7 percent month-over-month. Once again, the latest figures represented an improvement over 2016, growing by 13.7 percent year-over-year basis from $915.0 billion in July 2016.
Looking at spot FX volumes, the group reported $453.0 billion in July 2017, virtually unchanged month-over-month from $455.0 billion in June 2017. This tepid change was slightly inverted positively over a year-over-year interval, notching an advance of 1.6 percent from $446.0 billion in July 2016.
Finally, forwards came in at $101.0 billion in July 2017, reflective of a month-over-month drop of 6.5 percent from $108.0 billion in June 2017 – forwards also advanced by a much broader margin compared to July 2016, climbing 46.4 percent year-over-year from $69.0 billion.